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Curriculum Vitae Jess Walter Jones

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

106a Cheatham Hall

Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences

Virginia Tech University

Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0321

Office number: (540)-231-2266

Lab number: (540)-231-7241

Fax: (540)-231-7580

Email address: [email protected]

Education:

2004-2009 Ph.D. Fisheries Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

2001-2004 M.Sc. Fisheries Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

1993-1996 B.Sc. Fisheries Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Employment:

2004-Present Restoration Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Fish and

Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg. The primary duties of this

position include:

● Provide project oversight and conduct contracting with university, state

and non-governmental cooperators to restore endangered mussel and fish

populations in fulfillment of the restoration goals of two multi-million dollar

NRDAR case settlements.

● Design and implement complex studies and projects to quantitatively

monitor and restore mussel populations in the Clinch and Powell Rivers,

including ecotoxicological assessments of damaged and degraded sections of

each river.

● Provide technical assistance to federal and state agencies that participate in

the restoration and conservation of mussels in the southeastern United States.

● Disseminate project results to agency cooperators, the scientific community

and public through written reports, publications, presentations and briefings

1997-2004 Research Specialist (Lab Manager), Department of Fisheries and Wildlife

Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg. The primary duties of this position

included the following:

● Supervise the production and culture of endangered juvenile mussels for

species recovery at the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Center (FMCC),

Blacksburg, Virginia.

● Research and develop technology for propagation and culture of juvenile

mussels, including: (1) evaluation of algal diets, (2) adult and juvenile life

history requirements, and (3) design and construction of advanced re-

circulating aquaculture systems.

● Prepare reports and publications of project data and disseminate results to

agency cooperators and the scientific community.

1996-1997 Biologist’s Assistant, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries,


1993-1996 Fisheries Technician, Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit,

Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg.

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Professional Service:

2012-Present Subject Editor, Conservation Biology and Population Genetics. Journal of

Fish and Wildlife Management.

2011-Present Editorial Review Board, Conservation. Walkerana: Journal of the Freshwater

Mollusk Conservation Society.

2009-2010 Provided technical reviews for seven proposals submitted to the U.S.

Geological Survey to investigate global climate change on freshwater mussels,

snails, crayfishes and fishes

2008-2009 Co-organizer and moderator of a symposia entitled: Genetic Diversity of

Unexploited Populations of Freshwater Fishes and Mollusks, Annual Meeting

of the American Fisheries Society, August 28-Sept. 4, Nashville, TN

2008-2010 Co-chair of the Science Committee and member of the Steering Committee for

the Clinch-Powell Clean Rivers Initiative, a multi-partner initiative dedicated

to the protection and restoration of the Clinch and Powell river watersheds

2007-2008 From 2007-2008 helped found the Clinch-Powell Clean Rivers Initiative

2006-2007 Co-chair and lead organizer of a national symposium entitled:

Conservation Management of the Clinch and Cumberland River

Systems: A Collaborative Discussion on Coal Mining and the Aquatic

Environment, September 5-7, 2007, Abingdon, Virginia

2002-2006 Editor, Natural History and Biodiversity Section, Virginia Academy of

Science

2003-2007 Committee Chair, Propagation and Restoration Committee, Freshwater

Mollusk Conservation Society (FMCS)

2005-Present Member of the Mussel Recovery Group for the Virginia Department of Game

and Inland Fisheries

2005-2007 Committee Member of the Invertebrate Taxa Committee for the Virginia

Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

2003-2004 Lead organizer of the FMCS Molecular Genetics Workshop, National

Conservation Training Center, June 29-30, 2004, Shepherdstown, WV

2000-Present Provided manuscript reviews for the following journals:

American Midland Naturalist (2)

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems (5)

Conservation Biology (2)

Fisheries Research (2)

Journal of African Aquatic Sciences (1)

Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management (3)

Journal of Heredity (1)

Malacologia (1)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (1)

Southeastern Naturalist (1)

Journal of the North American Benthological Society (2)

Walkerana: Journal of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society (2)

Teaching:

Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech:

2012 Instructor, Applied Conservation Genetics (6984)

Guest lecturer, Fisheries Techniques (3114)


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2008 Guest lecturer, Conservation Biology (3114)


Instructor, Applied Conservation Genetics (6984)

2007 Guest lecturer, Conservation Biology (3114)



2005 Guest lecturer, Fisheries Techniques (3114)

2004 Guest lecturer, Aquaculture (3114)

2003 Teaching Assistant, Ichthyology (4514)

Graduate Student Advising at Virginia Tech:

Man Tang. Master of Science 2010-2012. Project Title: Bayesian population dynamics

modeling to guide population restoration and recovery of endangered mussels in the Clinch

River, Tennessee and Virginia. Committee Co-Chair.

Jennifer Rogers. Master of Science 2011-Present. Project Title: Assessment of Mussel Declines

in the Clinch and North Fork Holston Rivers Using Histological Evaluations of Vital Organs.

Committee Co-Chair.

Tim Lane. Master of Science 2012-Present. Population viability analysis to guide

reintroduction and recovery of two endangered freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia:

Unionidae) in the upper Tennessee River watershed. Committee Chair.

Daniel Schilling. Master of Science. 2012-Present. Assessment of morphological and molecular

genetic variation of freshwater mussel species belonging to the genera Fusconaia, Lexingtonia

and Pleurobema in the upper Tennessee River drainage. Committee Chair.

Yan Li. 2010-Present. Doctor of Philosophy. Developing population dynamics models for the

critically endangered white abalone. Committee Member.

Caitlin Carey. Master of Science 2010-2013 Project Title: Demographic assessment of a

reintroduced population of the endangered oyster mussel (Epioblasma capsaeformis) in the

upper Clinch River, Virginia. Committee Chair.

Rachel Mair. Master of Science. 2011-2013. Determining a suitable diet for rearing

endangered Northern riffleshell, Epioblasma t. rangiana, in water recirculating aquaculture

systems at the White Sulphur Springs National Fish Hatchery, White Sulphur Springs, West

Virginia. Committee Member.

Outreach, Non-Technical Reports and Interviews:

2012 Interviewed for and helped a reporter from Science with a News Focus article on

freshwater conservation in the United States for the November 16 issue. Students and

technicians from the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Center were featured in

photographs and interviews for their work in the Clinch and Powell Rivers in Virginia

and Tennessee.

2009 Interviewed for and helped prepare the article: Clinch River, A Global Hotspot for

Biodiversity and Endangered Species — a publication of Healthy Waters, a multi-

agency initiative administered by Virginia Department of Conservation and

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Recreation and the Center for Environmental Studies at Virginia Commonwealth

University

2008 Interviewed by the Bristol Herald Courier for a newspaper article on mussel

restoration work in the Clinch River at Cleveland Island, Virginia, September 4;

Interviewed by the Coalfields Progress for a newspaper article on status of mussels in

the Clinch and Powell rivers, October 2;

Interviewed for and helped prepare an article on status of mussels in the Clinch and

Powell Rivers, Virginia Tech Research Magazine, August 14

2001 Release of endangered juvenile mussels in Tennessee and Virginia. Ellipsaria (3) 1:18

Professional Training and Continuing Education:

2012 Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration, National Conservation

Training Center, December 10-14, Shepherdstown, WV

Multivariate Statistical Analysis Techniques for Ecological Data using R. National

Conservation Training Center, June 25-29, Shepherdstown, WV

2010 Data Analysis IIIB: Environmental Sampling and Monitoring Using R, National

Conservation Training Center, December 13-17, Shepherdstown, WV

2009 Data Analysis III: Species Distribution Modeling Using R, National Conservation

Training Center, August 17-21, Panama City, FL

Data Analysis II: Ecological Monitoring Using R, National Conservation Training

Center, July 27-31, Panama City, FL

2008 Environmental compliance training, in compliance with 29, 40 and 49 CFR, May 16,

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

2007 40 hour Hazardous Waste and Spill Response (40 hr. HAZWOPER), Lafayette,

Louisiana, April 9-13

Qualified Individual Spill Response and Leadership Training, Lafayette, Louisiana,

April 9-13

2006 Ecological Services Basic Training, National Conservation Training Center, April 24-

28, Shepherdstown, WV

2002 Recent Advances in Conservation Genetics, August 17-30, Front Royal, VA

1989 P.A.D.I certified scuba diver (Advanced Open Water)

Awards and Honors:

2011 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service STAR Award for exemplary performance

2007 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service STAR Award for exemplary performance

2005 William Preston Thesis Award – The award is for the best original research with the

potential to benefit all people. This annual award is the highest academic award for

master’s degree students given by Virginia Tech University

Publications:

2014 35. Zipper, C.E., B. Beaty, G.C. Johnson, J.W. Jones, J. Krstolic, B.J.K. Ostby, and

W. Wolfe. Freshwater mussel population status and habitat quality in the Clinch

River, Virginia-Tennessee, USA: A Featured Collection. Journal of the American

Water Resources Association (Accepted).

34. Jones, J.W., N. Johnson, Grobler, P., D. Schilling, R.J. Neves and E.M.

Hallerman. Population genetics of the endangered rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum)

(Bivalvia: Unionidae). Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management (Accepted).

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33. Ahlstedt, S.A., J.W. Jones and C. Walker. Current Status of Freshwater Mussel

Populations in the Clinch River at the Appalachia Power Company’s Clinch River

Steam Plant, Russell County, Virginia (Clinch River Miles 268.3-264.2). Malacological

Review (In Review).

32. A.E. Pinkney, D.A. Cristol, C.T. Driscoll, D.C. Evers, M.J. Hooper, J.W. Jones,

R.S. Lazarus, A. Milliken, B.A. Rattner, J. Schmerfeld, D.W. Sparling, T.H. Tear.

Interactions between climate change, contaminants, and ecosystems in the North

Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative. Integrated Environmental Assessment

and Management (In preparation).

31. Jones, J.W., S.A. Ahlstedt, B.J.K. Ostby, B. Beaty, M. Pinder, N. Eckert, R.S.

Butler, D. Hubbs, C. Walker, S. Hanlon, J. Schmerfeld and R.J. Neves. Quantitative

Assessment of Freshwater Mussel Populations in the Clinch River, Tennessee and

Virginia from 2004-2009 and Collapse of the Fauna at Pendleton Island Since 1979.

Journal of the American Water Resources Association (Accepted).

30. Price, J.E., C.E. Zipper, J.W. Jones, C.W. Frank. Water and Sediment Quality in

the Clinch River of Virginia and Tennessee, 1964-2010. Journal of the American

Water Resources Association (Accepted).

29. Tang, M., Y. Jiao, J.W. Jones. Population dynamics and risk assessment to

restore populations of endangered freshwater mussels: a case study with the oyster

mussel (Epioblasma capsaeformis). Ecological Modeling (In Review).

2013 28. Tang, M., Y. Jiao, J.W. Jones. A hierarchical Bayesian approach for estimating

freshwater mussel growth based on tag-recapture data. Fisheries Research (In press).

27. Huang, Z., J.W. Jones, J. Gu, T. Lane, E.M. Hallerman, X. Song, and R. Wan.

Performance of a recirculating aquaculture system utilizing an algal turf scrubber for

scaled-up captive rearing of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae). North

American Journal of Aquaculture 75:543-547.

26. Carey, C.S., J.W. Jones, R.S. Butler and E.M. Hallerman. Determining optimum

temperature for growth and survival of laboratory-propagated juvenile freshwater

mussels. North American Journal of Aquaculture 75:532-542.

2012 25. Johnson, M.S., W.F. Henley, R.J. Neves, J.W. Jones, R.S. Butler, and S.D.

Hanlon. Freshwater Mussels of the Powell River, Virginia and Tennessee: Abundance

and Distribution in a Biodiversity Hotspot. Walkerana: Journal of the Freshwater

Mollusk Conservation Society 15(2):83-98.

24. Pandolfo, T.J., W.G. Cope, G.B. Young, J.W. Jones, D. Hua, and S.F.

Lingenfelser. Acute effects of road salts and associated cyanide compounds on the

early life stages of the rainbow mussel (Villosa iris). Environmental Toxicology and

Chemistry 31:1801-1806.

23. Jones, J.W., R.J. Neves and E.M. Hallerman. Population performance criteria to

evaluate reintroduction and recovery of two endangered mussel species, Epioblasma

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brevidens and Epioblasma capsaeformis (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Walkerana: Journal of

the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society 15(1):27-44.

2011 22. Jones, J.W. and R.J. Neves. Influence of life history variation on demographic

responses of three freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in the Clinch River,

U.S.A. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 21:57-73.

21. Grobler, P., J.W. Jones, N. Johnson, R.J. Neves and E.M. Hallerman.

Homogeneity at nuclear microsatellite loci masks mitochondrial haplotype diversity

in the fanshell pearlymussel (Cyprogenia stegaria). Journal of Heredity 102:196-206.

2010 20. Jones, J.W. and R.J. Neves. Descriptions of a new species and new subspecies of

freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae), Epioblasma ahlstedti and Epioblasma

florentina aureola, in the Tennessee River drainage, U.S.A. The Nautilus 124:77-92.

19. Jones, J.W., R.J. Neves, S.A. Ahlstedt, D. Hubbs, M. Johnson, H. Dan, and B.K.

Ostby. Life history and demographics of the endangered birdwing pearlymussel

(Lemiox rimosus) (Bivalvia: Unionidae). American Midland Naturalist 163:335-350.

2008 18. Silva, P., X. Guan, O. Ho-Shing, J. Jones, J. Xu, D. Hui, D. Notter and E. Smith.

Mitochondrial DNA-based analysis of genetic variation and relatedness among Sri

Lankan native chickens and Ceylon jungle fowl (Gallus lafayetti). Animal Genetics

40:1-9.

17. Jiao, Y., R.J. Neves, and J.W. Jones. Estimation of population growth rate of the

endangered dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus dromas) using a Bayesian averaging

approach. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65:2389-2398.

2007 16. Neves, R.J., W.F. Henley, H. Dan, and J.W. Jones. Conservation aquaculture:

it’s application to endangered freshwater mollusks. Journal of Shellfish Research 26:

665- 666.

15. Hallerman, E.M., P.J. Grobler, and J.W. Jones. Application of DNA markers for

population genetic analysis, pp. 109-136, In: Zhanjiang (John) Liu (Editor),

Aquaculture genome technologies. Blackwell Publishing, Ames, Iowa.

14. Jones, J.W., and R.J. Neves. A survey to evaluate the status of freshwater mussel

populations in the upper North Fork Holston River, Virginia. Northeastern

Naturalist 14: 471-480.

2006 13. Valenti, T.W., D.S. Cherry, R.J. Currie, R.J. Neves, J.W. Jones, R. Mair, and

C.M. Kane. Chlorine toxicity to early life stages of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia:

Unionidae). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 25:183-189.

12. Jones, J.W., E. M. Hallerman and R.J. Neves. Genetic management guidelines for

captive propagation of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia:Unionidae). Journal of Shellfish

Research 25:527-535.

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11. Jones, J.W., R. J. Neves, S.A. Ahlstedt and E. M. Hallerman. A holistic approach

to taxonomic evaluation of two closely related endangered freshwater mussel species,

the oyster mussel Epioblasma capsaeformis and tan riffleshell Epioblasma florentina

walkeri (Bivalvia:Unionidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 72:267-283.

10. Grobler, P., J.W. Jones, N. Johnson, B. Beaty, R.J. Neves and E.M. Hallerman.

Patterns of genetic differentiation in the slabside pearlymussel, Lexingtonia

dolabelloides, (Lea 1840) in the Tennessee River drainage. Journal of Molluscan

Studies 72:65-75.

2005 9. Jones, J.W., R. A. Mair, and R. J. Neves. Factors affecting survival and growth of

juvenile freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) cultured in recirculating

aquaculture systems. Journal of North American Aquaculture 67:210-220.

2004 8. Jones, J.W., M. Culver, V. David, J. S. Struthers, N. Johnson, R. J. Neves, S. J. O'

Brien and E. M. Hallerman. Development and characterization of microsatellite loci

in the endangered oyster mussel Epioblasma capsaeformis (Bivalvia:Unionidae).

Molecular Ecology Notes 4:649-652.

7. Jones, J.W., R. J. Neves, S.A. Ahlstedt and R.A. Mair. Life history and

propagation of the endangered dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus dromas). Journal of

the North American Benthological Society 23:515-525.

2003 6. Southwick, R.I., and A.J. Loftus, (Editors), W.F. Henley and J.W. Jones (Co-

editors). Investigation and monetary values of fish and freshwater mussel kills.

American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 30, Bethesda, Maryland.

2002 5. Pinder, M.J., E. Wilhem, and J.W. Jones. Status of the freshwater mussels

(Bivalvia: Unionidae) in the New River drainage, Virginia. Walkerana 13:189-223.

4. Jones, J.W. and R. J. Neves. Life history and propagation of the endangered

fanshell pearlymussel (Cyprogenia stegaria). Journal of the North American

Benthological Society 21:76-88.

2001 3. Hua D., R.J. Neves, and J. Jones. Age determination of freshwater mussels using

the method of thin section. Journal of Fisheries of China. 25: 413-418.

2. Jones, J.W., R.J. Neves, M. A. Patterson, C. R. Good, and A. DiVittorio. A status

survey of freshwater mussel populations in the upper Clinch River, Virginia.

Banisteria. 17:17-33.

1. Pinder, M.J. and J.W. Jones. Species composition and biotic condition of the fish

community of Indian Creek, Tazewell County, Virginia. Banisteria. 16:2-18.

Technical Reports:

2013 Hua, D., T.W. Lane and J.W. Jones. Propagation, Culture and Monitoring of Mussels

for Population Restoration in the upper Clinch River, Virginia. Final Report. U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Gloucester, Virginia. 23 pp.

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Lane, T.W., D. Hua and J.W. Jones. Reintroduction of Endangered Freshwater

Mussel Populations to High Priority Geographic Areas in the Upper Tennessee River

System. Final Report. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Asheville, North Carolina. 18

pp.

2012 Johnson, M.S., J.W. Jones and E. Wolf. Life History of the Atlantic Pigtoe

(Fusconaia masoni): Assessment of Fish Hosts, Age and Growth, and Habitat Usage.

Final Report. Virginia Army National Guard and Virginia Department of Military

Affairs Facilities Management - Environmental Division, Blackstone, Virginia. 32 pp.

C.S. Carey, J.W. Jones and E.M. Hallerman. Determining optimal rearing

temperatures to maximize survival and growth of laboratory-propagated juveniles of

two federally endangered species, Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma brevidens)

and oyster mussel (Epioblasma capsaeformis), and one non-listed species, wavyrayed

lampmussel (Lampsilis fasciola). Final Report. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Asheville, North Carolina. 46 pp.

Lane, T., D. Hua and J.W. Jones. Propagation, Culture and Monitoring of Mussels for

Population Restoration in the upper Clinch River, Virginia. Final Report. U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service, Gloucester, Virginia. 23 pp.

2011 Price, J.E., C.E. Zipper, J.W. Jones, C.W. Frank. 2011. Water and Sediment Quality

in the Clinch and Powell Rivers of Virginia and Tennessee, 1964-2010. Report

submitted to Virginia Department of Mines, Mineral and Energy, U.S. Office of

Surface Mining, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Regions III and IV. 146

pp.

Hua, D., J. Rogers, J.W. Jones and R.J. Neves. Propagation, Culture, and

Monitoring of Endangered Mussels for Population Restoration in the Clinch and

Powell Rivers. Final Report. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Nashville,

Tennessee. 44 pp.

Hua, D., J.W. Jones and R.J. Neves. Propagation, Release and Monitoring of

Federally Endangered Mussel Species in the Powell River, Tennessee. Final Report.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Asheville, North Carolina. 18 pp.

2008 Jones, J.W., and R.J. Neves. Development of Translocation Protocols for

Endangered Freshwater Mussels – Part II: Population Modeling of Two Endangered

Freshwater Mussel Species in the Clinch River, U.S.A.: Quantitative Criteria to

Evaluate Harvest and Reintroduction of Epioblasma brevidens and Epioblasma

capsaeformis. Final Report. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Nashville,

Tennessee. 60 pp.

Jones, J.W., and R.J. Neves. Development of Translocation Protocols for

Endangered Freshwater Mussels – Part I: Age, Growth, and Population Demography

of Three Freshwater Mussel Species (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in the Clinch River, TN,

U.S.A. Final Report. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Nashville, Tennessee. 64

pp.

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2006 Jones, J.W., N. Johnson, P. Grobler, R.J. Neves and E.M. Hallerman. Conservation

Genetics of the Endangered Rough Pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum) (Bivalvia: Unionidae).

Final Report. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Frankfort, Kentucky. 30 pp.

Grobler, P., J.W. Jones, N. Johnson, R.J. Neves and E.M. Hallerman. Population

genetic structure of the endangered fanshell pearlymussel (Cyprogenia stegaria

Rafinesque, 1820) in the Ohio and Tennessee River drainages. Final Report. U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service, Frankfort, Kentucky. 13 pp.

Johnson, N., J.W. Jones, P. Grobler, R.J. Neves and E.M. Hallerman. Population

genetic analysis of the endangered Cumberland combshell (Epioblasma brevidens):

implications for species recovery. Final Report. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Frankfort, Kentucky. 24 pp.

Sproules, J., N. Johnson, P. Grobler, J.W. Jones, R.J. Neves and E.M. Hallerman.

Genetic Analysis of Selected Populations of the Rabbitsfoot Pearlymussel (Quadrula

cylindrica cylindrica) (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Final Report. U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Frankfort, Kentucky. 16 pp.

2005 Jones, J.W., and R.J. Neves. A survey to evaluate the status of freshwater mussel

populations in the upper North Fork Holston River, Virginia. Final Report. Virginia

Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife

Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. 45 pp.

Jones, J.W. and R. J. Neves. Survey of freshwater mussel populations in Indian

Creek, Tazewell County, Virginia. Final Report. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Abingdon, Virginia. 36 pp.

Cherry, D.S., T.W. Valenti, R.J. Currie, R.J. Neves, J.W. Jones, R.A. Mair, and C.

Kane. Chlorine toxicity to early life stages of freshwater mussels. Final Report. U.S.


2004 Jones, J.W., R. J. Neves, S.A. Ahlstedt and E. M. Hallerman. Taxonomic Evaluation

of Two Closely Related Endangered Freshwater Mussel Species, the Oyster Mussel

(Epioblasma capsaeformis) and Tan Riffleshell (Epioblasma florentina walkeri)

(Bivalvia:Unionidae). Final Report. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Asheville, North

Carolina. 91 pp.

Grobler, P., J.W. Jones, N. Johnson, B. Beaty, R.J. Neves and E.M. Hallerman.

Patterns of genetic differentiation among four populations of slabside pearlymussel,

Lexingtonia dolabelloides, in the Tennessee River drainage. Final Report. The Nature

Conservancy, Abingdon, Virginia. 36 pp.

2003 Mair, R.A., J.W. Jones, and R. J. Neves. Propagation and culture of endangered

juvenile mussels from the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area.

Annual Report. National Park Service, Oneida, Tennessee. 30 pp.

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Mair, R.A., J.W. Jones and R.J. Neves. Life history and artificial culture of

endangered freshwater mussels. Annual Report. Tennessee Wildlife Resources

Agency, Nashville, Tennessee. 25 pp.

2002 Jones, J.W., R.A. Mair and R. J. Neves. Life history and artificial culture of

endangered freshwater mussels. Annual Report. Tennessee Wildlife Resources

Agency, Nashville, Tennessee. 80 pp.

2001 Henley, W.F., J.W. Jones, J.L. Boyles, J.M. McLeod and R.J. Neves. An evaluation

of the Cedar Bluff spill site for the recovery of freshwater mussels. Final Report. U.S.


Jones, J.W. and R. J. Neves. Life history and artificial culture of endangered

freshwater mussels. Annual Report. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Nashville,

Tennessee. 90 pp.

2000 Jones, J.W. and R. J. Neves. Life history and artificial culture of endangered


Tennessee. 67 pp.



Tennessee. 63 pp.

Jones, J.W., R.J. Neves, M. A. Patterson, C. R. Good, and A. DiVittorio. A survey to

evaluate the status of freshwater mussel populations in the upper Clinch River,

Virginia. Final Report. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Abingdon, Virginia. pp. 45



Tennessee. 38 pp.

Presentations:

2013 J. Jones. Life history and conservation of freshwater mussels. Invited key note

presentation for the West Virginia Society of American Foresters’ Annual

Symposium, August 27-29, Summersville, West Virginia.

Tang, M., Y. Jiao, J. Jones. A Hierarchical Bayesian Approach for Estimating

Freshwater Mussel Growth Based On Tag-Recapture Data. American Fisheries

Society, September 8-13, Little Rock, Arkansas.

D. Hua, J.W. Jones, T.W. Lane, R.J. Neves and Y. Jiao. Propagation, release and

monitoring of mussels to restore populations in the Clinch and Powell rivers,

Tennessee and Virginia. 8th Biennial Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk

Conservation Society, March 11-15, Guntersville, Alabama.

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D. Hua, Y. Jiao, R.J. Neves and J.W. Jones. Quantitative analyses of survival and

growth of the federally endangered freshwater mussel Cumberlandian combshell

(Epioblasma brevidens) in the Powell River, Tennessee. 8th Biennial Symposium of the

Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, March 11-15, Guntersville, Alabama.

D. Schilling, J.W. Jones, A. Phipps, M.J. Pinder and E.M. Hallerman. Assessment of

morphological and molecular genetic variation of freshwater mussels species belonging

to the genera Fusconaia, Pleuronaia, and Pleurobema in the Tennessee River drainage.

8th Biennial Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, March 11-

15, Guntersville, Alabama.

T.W. Lane, J.W. Jones, and B.J.K. Ostby. Longterm monitoring and demographic

assessment of mussel populations in the upper Clinch River, Tennessee. 8th Biennial

Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, March 11-15,

Guntersville, Alabama.

C.S. Carey, J.W. Jones, R. Butler, E.M. Hallerman and M.J. Kelly. Demographic

assessment of a reintroduced population of the endangered oyster mussel (Epioblasma

capsaeformis) in the upper Clinch River, Virginia. 8th Biennial Symposium of the

Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, March 11-15, Guntersville, Alabama.

J. Rogers, W. Henley, A. Graumann, J.W. Jones and W. Gregory Cope. Assessing

sub-lethal effects of chloride on adult Villosa iris using histological evaluations of

vital organs. 8th Biennial Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation

Society, March 11-15, Guntersville, Alabama.

C.M. Bergeron, M. Johnson, A. White, J. Rogers, P.R. Lazaro, J.W. Jones, B. Beaty,

B. Evans, S. Alexander, W. Gregory Cope. Recent precipitous declines of freshwater

mussels in the Clinch River: Influence of sediment and water quality stressors. 8th

Biennial Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, March 11-15,

Guntersville, Alabama.

2012 A.E. Pinkney, D.A. Cristol, C.T. Driscoll, D.C. Evers, M.J. Hooper, J.W. Jones, R.S.

Lazarus, A. Milliken, B.A. Rattner, J. Schmerfeld, D.W. Sparling, T.H. Tear.

Interactions between climate change, contaminants, and ecosystems in the North

Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative. Society of Environmental Toxicology

and Chemistry, Long Beach, California, November 9.

Jones, J.W. Life History and Conservation of Freshwater Mussels in Virginia. Invited

Presentation, Virginia Association of Wetland Professionals, Richmond, Virginia,

May 11.

2011 Jones, J.W., E.M. Hallerman and R.J. Neves. Population Genetics and Management

of Freshwater Mussels in the United States. Invited Presentation, Freshwater

Fisheries Research Center, Wuxi, China, July 18.

Jones, J.W. Freshwater Mussels of the Ohio River Basin: Historical Ecology, Current

Conditions and Management in a Rapidly Changing World. Invited Presentation,

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 5 Science Seminar Series Webcast, April 28.

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Jones, J.W. Freshwater Mussels of the Ohio River Basin: Historical Ecology, Current

Conditions and Management in a Rapidly Changing World. Invited Key Note

Presentation, Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society 7th Biennial Symposium,

Louisville, Kentucky, April 11-15.

Hua, D., J.W. Jones, R.J. Neves and Y. Jiao. Propagation, Release and Monitoring

of Juvenile Mussels of Two Endangered Species, Epioblasma capsaeformis and E.

brevidens and Two Non-Listed Species in the Clinch and Powell Rivers, Tennessee and

Virginia. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society 7th Biennial Symposium,

Louisville, Kentucky, April 11-15.

Jones, J.W. Development of the Clinch-Powell Clean Rivers Initiative to Protect a

Biodiversity Hotspot. State of the Region Eastern Coal Regional Roundtable,

Pipestem State Park, West Virginia, March 21-23.

Jones, J.W. Population Modeling and Demography of an Endangered Mussel Species

in the Clinch River, U.S.A: Quantitative Criteria to Evaluate Reintroductions and

Recovery of Epioblasma capsaeformis. Northeast Region Biologists Conference,

Baltimore, Maryland, February 14-18.

Jones, J.W., R.J. Neves and E.M. Hallerman. Reintroduction of the Endangered

Oyster Mussel: Criteria for Evaluating Population Performance. Southern Division of

the American Fisheries Society, Tampa, Florida, January 12-16.

2010 Roberts, J., E. Hallerman, J. Jones, P. Angermeier. Effects of dams, reservoirs, and

tailwaters on functional connectivity in the upper Tennessee River basin. Annual

Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 26-28.

Jones, J.W. Biological Discoveries in the Clinch and Powell Rivers and Their

Importance to Freshwater Mussel Conservation. Conservation Management of the

Clinch and Powell River Systems: How Towns, Roads and Development Influence

Aquatic Environments, May 25-26, Abingdon, Virginia.

Johnson, M., R. Neves, W. Henley, J. Jones. Quantitative survey of the freshwater

mussel fauna in the Powell River, Virginia and Tennessee. Southern Division of the

American Fisheries Society, Asheville, North Carolina, February 26-28.

Jones, J.W., and R.J. Neves. Population Modeling of the Endangered Oyster Mussel:

quantitative criteria to evaluate harvest and reintroductions. Southern Division of

the American Fisheries Society, Asheville, North Carolina, February 26-28.

2009 Jones, J.W., S.A. Ahlstedt, B.K. Ostby, B. Beaty, M. Pinder, N. Eckert, R. Butler,

D. Hubbs, C. Walker, J. Schmerfeld, and R.J. Neves. Status and Trends of

Freshwater Mussel Populations in the Clinch and Powell Rivers, Tennessee and

Virginia. Annual Spring Meeting of The Clinch-Powell Clean Rivers Initiative. May

27-28, Abingdon, VA

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Jones, J.W., P. Grobler, N. Johnson, R.J. Neves and E.M. Hallerman. Long-term

Demographic Trends of Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in the Mississippi

River Valley, USA: Genetic Evidence for Population Contraction, Expansion, and

Secondary Contacts during the late Pleistocene and Holocene. Annual Meeting of the

American Fisheries Society, August 28-Sept. 4, Nashville, TN

Jones, J.W., and J. Schmerfeld. Collapse of the Pendleton Island Mussel Preserve and

the Mussel Dead-Zone in the Clinch River, VA. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s

Region 5 Environmental Contaminants Workshop, September 22-24, Block Island,

RI

Jones, J.W. Natural History and Conservation of Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia:

Unionidae) in Virginia. Historical Explorations into Virginia’s Natural History:

Virginia Natural History Society Symposia, September 25-26, Martinsville, VA

Wang, N., C. Ingersoll, J. Kunz, C. Ivey, W. Brumbaugh, C. Kane, S. Alexander, B.

Evans, R. Neves, D. Hua, C. Walker, J. Jones, R. Mair, N. Eckert, S. Bakaletz.

Effects of coal mining discharges on juvenile mussels and commonly tested organisms.

Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society. April 19-24, Baltimore,

Maryland.

Johnson, M., R. Neves, W. Henley, J. Jones. Status of the freshwater mussel fauna in

the Powell River, Tennessee and Virginia. Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk

Conservation Society. April 19-24, Baltimore, Maryland.

2008 Neves, R.J., Hua Dan, J.W., Jones, and W.F. Henley. Propagation and culture of

endangered freshwater mussels. Society for Conservation Biology, July 13-17,

Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.

Jones, J.W., and J. Schmerfeld. Decline, recovery and restoration of freshwater

mussel populations in the Clinch and Powell rivers of the southeastern United States.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Environmental Contaminants Program National

Training Meeting, May 12-16, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Neves, R.J., Hua Dan, J.W., Jones, and W.F. Henley. Restoration of endangered

mussels in the United States. National Shellfisheries Association Meeting. April 7-10,

Providence, RI

2007 Jones, J.W. Decline and recovery of freshwater mussel populations in the Clinch, and

Powell rivers of the southeastern United States. Virginia/West Virginia Water

Research Symposium: Connecting Management to Aquatic Communities, Skelton

Conference Center, November 26-30, Blacksburg, Virginia.

Jones, J.W. Decline and recovery of freshwater mussel populations in the Clinch,

Powell, and Big South Fork Cumberland rivers of the southeastern United States.

Conservation Management of the Clinch and Cumberland River Systems: A

Collaborative Discussion on Coal Mining and the Aquatic Environment, September 5-

7, Abingdon, Virginia.

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Wang, N., J. Kunz, C. Ingersoll, C. Kane, S. Alexander, B. Evans, R.J. Neves, Hua

Dan, C. Walker, and J.W. Jones. Assessing the sensitivity of juvenile freshwater

mussels to coal mining effluents and slurries. Conservation Management of the Clinch

and Cumberland River Systems: A Collaborative Discussion on Coal Mining and the

Aquatic Environment, September 5-7, Abingdon, Virginia.

Jones, J.W., P. Grobler, R.J. Neves, and E.M. Hallerman. Complex patterns of

genetic variation in freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) of the United States:

implications for conservation genetic studies. 137th Annual Meeting of the American

Fisheries Society, August 31-September 6, San Francisco, California.

Jones, J.W., P. Grobler, R.J. Neves, and E.M. Hallerman. Complex patterns of

genetic variation in freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) of the United States:

implications for conservation genetic studies. Society for Conservation Biology, July

1-5, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Neves, R.J., Hua Dan, J.W., Jones, R. Mair, and W.F. Henley. Propagation and

restoration of endangered mussels (Unionidae) at the Freshwater Mollusk

Conservation Center, Virginia Tech. Dean’ Forum on the Environment, Virginia

Tech. February 26, Blacksburg, Virginia.

Grobler, P., J.W. Jones, N. Johnson, R.J. Neves and E.M. Hallerman. Population

genetic structure of the endangered fanshell pearlymussel (Cyprogenia stegaria

Rafinesque, 1820) in the Ohio and Tennessee River drainages. Symposium of the

Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society. March 11-15, Little Rock, Arkansas.

Jones, J.W., N. Johnson, P. Grobler, R.J. Neves and E.M. Hallerman. Conservation

Genetics of the Endangered Rough Pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum) (Bivalvia: Unionidae).

Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society. March 11-15, Little

Rock, Arkansas.

Johnson, N., J.W. Jones, P. Grobler, R.J. Neves and E.M. Hallerman. Population

genetic analysis of the endangered Cumberland combshell (Epioblasma brevidens):

implications for species recovery. Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation

Society. March 11-15, Little Rock, Arkansas.

Johnson, N., P. Grobler, J.W. Jones, R.J. Neves and E.M. Hallerman. Genetic

Analysis of Selected Populations of the Rabbitsfoot Pearlymussel (Quadrula cylindrica

cylindrica) (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk

Conservation Society. March 11-15, Little Rock, Arkansas.

2006 Neves, R.J., W.F. Henley, Hua Dan and J.W. Jones. Conservation aquaculture: it’s

application to endangered freshwater mollusks. Northeast Aquaculture and

Exposition, December 6-8, Mystic, Connecticut.

Jones, J.W. Hazardous material spill response, cleanup, and natural resource

restoration, Clinch River, Virginia. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Environmental

Contaminants Program National Training Meeting, August 1-4, Colorado Springs,

CO.

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Neves, R.J., R.A. Mair, and J.W. Jones. A case study of propagation and juvenile

mussel releases in Virginia and Tennessee. Propagation and captive care of freshwater

mollusks. Workshop of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, March 5-7,

Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Columbus, Ohio.

Jones, J.W. Propagation and culture of juvenile mussels in the United States: how

federal and state hatchery programs are turning the corner toward success.

Propagation and captive care of freshwater mollusks. Workshop of the Freshwater

Mollusk Conservation Society, March 5-7, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Columbus,

Ohio.

Koch, L. and J.W. Jones. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service discussion regarding mussel

propagation policy. Workshop of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society,

March 5-7, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Columbus, Ohio.

2005 Hallerman, E.H., J.W. Jones, and R. J. Neves. Utility of genetic markers as an aid to

propagation of imperiled freshwater mussels. Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk

Conservation Society. May 15-18, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Morrison, C., J.W. Jones, M. Eackles, N. Johnson, T. King, R. J. Neves and E. H.

Hallerman. Phylogenetic relationships among members of the tribe Pleurobemini:

preliminary results. Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society.

May 15-18, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Jones, J.W., R.J. Neves, N. Johnson, and E. M. Hallerman. Phylogenetic

relationships among freshwater mussel species of the genus Epioblasma. Symposium

of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society. May 15-18, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Johnson, N., J.W. Jones, P.J. Grobler, R.J. Neves, and E. M. Hallerman. Population

genetic analysis of the endangered Cumberland combshell Epioblasma brevidens:

implications for species recovery. Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation

Society. May 15-18, St. Paul, Minnesota.

2004 Jones, J.W., R. J. Neves, S.A. Ahlstedt and E. M. Hallerman. A holistic approach to

taxonomic evaluation of two closely related endangered freshwater mussel species, the

oyster mussel Epioblasma capsaeformis and tan riffleshell Epioblasma florentina

walkeri (Bivalvia:Unionidae). Conservation genetics workshop of imperiled mollusks

and fishes, sponsored by the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society. June 29-30,

National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

Jones, J.W., E. M. Hallerman and R.J. Neves. Genetic management guidelines for

conservation and captive propagation of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia:Unionidae).

Conservation genetics workshop of imperiled mollusks and fishes, sponsored by the

Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society. June 29-30, National Conservation

Training Center, Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

Neves, R.J., J.W. Jones, and E.M. Hallerman. Conservation and restoration of

freshwater fauna in the United States. Conservation genetics workshop of imperiled

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mollusks and fishes, sponsored by the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society. June

29-30, National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

Grobler, P., J.W. Jones, N. Johnson, B. Beaty, E. M. Hallerman and R.J. Neves.

Patterns of genetic differentiation in the slabside pearlymussel, Lexingtonia

dolabelloides, (Lea 1840) in the Tennessee River drainage. Conservation genetics

workshop of imperiled mollusks and fishes, sponsored by the Freshwater Mollusk

Conservation Society. June 29-30, National Conservation Training Center,

Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

Jones, J.W., and R.J. Neves. A survey to evaluate the status of freshwater mussel

populations in the upper North Fork Holston River, Virginia. Virginia Academy of

Sciences, 82nd Annual Meeting. May 25-27, Virginia Commonwealth University,

Richmond, Virginia.

Jones, J.W. The ecology and conservation of freshwater mussels: the importance of

host fish in determining population dynamics. Virginia Tech Chapter of the American

Fisheries Society, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Tech. April

6, Blacksburg, Virginia.

Jones, J.W., R. J. Neves, R. A. Mair and W. F. Henley. Propagation and culture of

endangered juvenile mussels (Unionidae) at the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation

Center, Virginia Tech. (Poster Presentation) Expanding the Ark: The Emerging

Science and Practice of Invertebrate Conservation. March 25-26, American Museum

of Natural History, New York City, New York.



Center, Virginia Tech. Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society 2004.

February 26-29, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Jones, J.W. A holistic approach to taxonomic evaluation of two closely related

endangered freshwater mussel species, the oyster mussel Epioblasma capsaeformis and

tan riffleshell Epioblasma florentina walkeri (Bivalvia:Unionidae). Thesis Defense

Seminar, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Tech. February 20,

Blacksburg, Virginia

2003 Mair R.A., J.W. Jones, R. J. Neves, S. A. Ahlstedt and S. Bakaletz. Propagation and

culture of endangered juvenile mussels from the Big South Fork National River and

Recreation Area. Virginia Academy of Sciences, 81th Annual Meeting. May 26-29,

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Neves, R.J., J.W. Jones, W.F. Henley and R. A. Mair. Production of freshwater

mussels for freshwater pearl production. National Shellfisheries Association, 95th

Annual Meeting. April 13-17, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Mair R.A., J.W. Jones, R. J. Neves, S. A. Ahlstedt and S. Bakaletz. Propagation and

culture of endangered juvenile mussels from the Big South Fork National River and

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Recreation Area. Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society. March

16-19, Durham, North Carolina.

Jones, J.W., R. A. Mair and R. J. Neves. Factors affecting survival and growth of

juvenile freshwater mussels (Bivalvia:Unionidae) cultured in recirculating

aquaculture systems. Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society.

March 16-19, Durham, North Carolina.

Neves, R.J., J.W. Jones, R.A. Mair, and W.F. Henley. Construction of a mussel

propagation facility: a partnership for restoration and recovery of endangered species.

Aquaculture America 2003. February 18-21, Louisville, Kentucky.



Center, Virginia Tech. Aquaculture America 2003. February 18-21, Louisville,

Kentucky.

2002 Jones, J.W., and R. J. Neves. Propagation and culture of endangered juvenile mussels

(Unionidae) at the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Center, Virginia Tech. Regional

Coalfield Water Resource Symposium. September 4, University of Virginia’s College

at Wise, Virginia.

Mair R.A., J.W. Jones, and R. J. Neves. Life history aspects of the creeper, Strophitus

undulatus, and green floater, Lasmigona subviridis, (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Virginia

Academy of Sciences, 80th Annual Meeting. May 22-25, Hampton University,

Hampton, Virginia.

Neves, R.J., J.W. Jones and W. F. Henley. Propagation of endangered freshwater

mussels in recirculating culture systems. National Shellfisheries Association, Mystic,

CT.

Jones, J.W., R. J. Neves, R. A. Mair and W. F. Henley. Culture of endangered

juvenile mussels (Unionidae) in recirculating aquaculture systems. Propagation and

restoration of freshwater mussels workshop of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation

Society. March 14-15, National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, West

Virginia.

Jones, J.W., R. J. Neves, R. A. Mair and W. F. Henley. Production of endangered

juvenile mussels (Unionidae) at the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Center, Virginia

Tech. Propagation and restoration of freshwater mussels workshop of the Freshwater

Mollusk Conservation Society. March 14-15, National Conservation Training Center,

Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

2001 Jones, J.W. and R. J. Neves. Propagation and culture of endangered juvenile mussels

(Unionidae) at the Virginia Tech Aquaculture Center. North American Benthological

Society, 65th Annual Meeting. June 22-25, LaCrosse, Wisconsin.

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Jones, J.W. and R. J. Neves. Propagation and culture of endangered juvenile mussels

(Unionidae) at the Virginia Tech Aquaculture Center. Virginia Academy of Sciences,

79th Annual Meeting. May 22-25, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Jones, J.W. and R. J. Neves. Life history aspects of the endangered dromedary

pearlymussel (Dromus dromas). Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation

Society. March 12-14, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

2000 Jones, J.W. Propagation and culture of endangered juvenile freshwater mussels for

recovery of listed species in the upper Tennessee River drainage. L.I.T.M.U.S.

seminar, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Tech. October 19,


Jones, J.W. and R. J. Neves. Propagation and culture of endangered juvenile

freshwater mussels at the Virginia Tech Aquaculture Center. Third International

Conference of Recirculating Aquaculture Systems. July 19-21, Roanoke, Virginia.

Jones, J.W. and R. J. Neves. Propagation and culture of endangered juvenile

freshwater mussels at the Virginia Tech Aquaculture Center. Aquaculture America

2000. February 2-5, New Orleans, Louisiana.

1999 Jones, J.W. and R. J. Neves. Life history aspects of the endangered fanshell

pearlymussel (Cyprogenia stegaria). Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk

Conservation Society. March 17-19, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Jones, J.W. and R. J. Neves. Life history aspects of the endangered fanshell

pearlymussel (Cyprogenia stegaria). Joint Meeting of the Virginia and North Carolina

Chapters of the American Fisheries Society. January 5-6, Danville, Virginia.

1998 Jones, J.W. and Richard J. Neves. Host fish identification and artificial culture of

two federally endangered freshwater mussels, the fanshell pearlymussel (Cyprogenia

stegaria) and the birdwing pearlymussel (Lemiox rimosus). Virginia Academy of

Sciences, 76th Annual Meeting. May 26-29, George Mason University, Fairfax,

Virginia.

Contracts Awarded or Administered:

2013-2015 J.W. Jones. Restoration of freshwater mussel populations in the Clinch River,

Virginia – Certus NRDAR Project. Contract Amount $210,000.00. Virginia

Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Richmond, Virginia.

2013-2014 J.W. Jones and B. Watson. Restoring Freshwater Mussel Populations in the

South Fork Shenandoah River System, Virginia, Phase I: Assessment of

Reintroduction Sites. Contract Amount $58,000. DuPont, Wilmington,

Delaware.

2012-2013 J.W. Jones and S. Ciparis. Assessment of water quality and health of

freshwater mussels. Contract Amount $81,236. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Gloucester, Virginia.

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2012-2014 J.W. Jones and W.M. Ford. An in situ assessment of mussel declines in the

Clinch River, Virginia. Contract Amount $76,000. U.S. Geological Survey,

Reston, Virginia.

2012-2013 J.W. Jones., E.M. Hallerman, and R.J. Neves. Restoration of freshwater

mussel populations in the Clinch River, Virginia – Certus NRDAR Project.

Contract Amount $138,138. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gloucester,

Virginia.

2012-2014 J.W. Jones and E.M. Hallerman. Development of a phenotypic trait-based

key to delineate “look-alike” freshwater mussel species belonging to the

genera Fusconaia, Lexingtonia and Pleurobema. Contract Amount $90,000.

Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Richmond, Virginia.

2011-2014 W.F. Henley and J.W. Jones. Assessment of Mussel Declines in the Clinch and

North Fork Holston Rivers Using Histological Evaluations of Vital Organs.


Virginia.

2011-2012 J.W. Jones and E. Wolf. Development of Propagation Technology for the

Atlantic Pigtoe Fusconaia masoni. Contract Amount $58,000. Department of

Defense, Legacy Program.

2011-2012 W.F. Henley and J.W. Jones. Evaluations of Histologically Prepared Organ

Tissues of Villosa iris Held at Selected Sites in the North Fork Holston River,

Saltville, Virginia. Contract Amount $114,978. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Gloucester, Virginia.

2011-2011 W.F. Henley, J.W. Jones and E.M. Hallerman. Silo Construction, Logistical

Preparation, Selection of Statistical Procedures for Histological Evaluations

at Selected Sites in the North Fork Holston River, Virginia. Contract Amount

$31,043. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gloucester, Virginia.

2011-2014 J.W. Jones and W.M. Ford. Development of Demographic Metrics to

Evaluate Success of Mussel Reintroductions in the Upper Tennessee River

System. Contract Amount $52,333. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.

2011-2013 J.W. Jones and W.M. Ford. Restoration of freshwater mussel populations to

high priority geographic areas in the upper Tennessee River system. Contract

Amount $63,448. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.

2011-2012 Y. Jiao and J.W. Jones. Bayesian population dynamics modeling to guide

population restoration and recovery of endangered mussels in the Clinch and

Powell rivers, Tennessee and Virginia. Contract Amount $57,523. U.S.

Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.

2011-2012 J.W. Jones., E.M. Hallerman, and R.J. Neves. Restoration of freshwater

mussel populations in the Clinch River, Virginia – Certus NRDAR Project.

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Virginia.

2010-2011 C. Zipper and J.W. Jones. Meta-Analysis of Environmental Data from the

Clinch and Powell Rivers. Contract Amount $28,200. U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Gloucester, Virginia.

2009-2011 J.W. Jones and R.J. Neves. Improvement of propagation and culture

technology for endangered Epioblasma mussel species. Contract Amount

$25,000. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Asheville, North Carolina.

2008-2012 R.J. Neves and J.W. Jones. Propagation of juvenile mussels in Tazewell

County, Virginia as mitigation for a sediment spill – Spectra Energy. Contract

Amount $100,000. Spectra Energy, Houston, TX.

2009-2010 R.J. Neves and J.W. Jones. Propagation of juvenile mussels in the Clinch

River, Virginia – Certus NRDAR Project. Contract Amount $114,000. U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Gloucester, Virginia.

2008-2009 R.J. Neves and J.W. Jones. Propagation of juvenile mussels in the Clinch

River, Virginia – Certus NRDAR Project. Contract Amount $90,000. U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Gloucester, Virginia.

2008-2010 R.J. Neves, W.H. Henley, and J.W. Jones. Status of freshwater mussel fauna

in the Powell River, Tennessee and Virginia. Contract Amount $11,000. U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Abingdon, Virginia.

2008-2010 J.W. Jones and R.J. Neves. Survey of freshwater mussel populations in the

Powell River, Tennessee and Virginia. Contract Amount $34,000. U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service, Asheville, North Carolina.

2007-2009 J.W. Jones. Continuing and Professional Education, Virginia Tech – Coal

Mining and the Aquatic Environment Symposium. Contract Amount $16,000.

Virginia Tech.

2007-2010 J.W. Jones and R.J. Neves. Assessment of life history and demography of the

endangered Appalachian monkeyface Quadrula sparsa. Contract Amount

$70,000. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gloucester, Virginia.

2006-2008 J.W. Jones and R.J. Neves. Development of translocation protocols for the

endangered oyster mussel Epioblasma capsaeformis. Contract Amount $40,000.

Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

2006-2008 J.W. Jones and R.J. Neves. Estimation of population dynamic parameters for

freshwater mussel species in the Clinch River, Tennessee. Contract Amount

$20,000. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Cookeville, Tennessee.

2005-2006 R.J. Neves, E.M. Hallerman, J.W. Jones, and P. Grobler. Supplemental

Research Proposal. Population Genetic Analysis of Endangered Mussel

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Species in the Ohio River Basin: Augmentation of Sample Sizes and Genetic

Markers. Contract Amount $10,000. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Frankfort, Kentucky.

2004-2006 R.J. Neves, E.M. Hallerman, and J.W. Jones. Population Genetic Analysis of

Mussel Species Proposed for Restoration in the Ohio River Basin. Contract

Amount $76,000. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Frankfort, Kentucky.

2004-2006 R.J. Neves, R.A. Mair, and J.W. Jones. Recovery of freshwater mussels to

the free-flowing reaches of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation

Area. Contract Amount $40,000. National Park Service.

2004-2006 R.J. Neves, E.M. Hallerman, and J.W. Jones. 2004. Genetic analysis of

endangered freshwater mussel populations in the Tennessee River system.

Contract Amount $10,000.

2003-2005 R.J. Neves, E.M. Hallerman, and J.W. Jones. Genetic analysis of freshwater

mussel populations in The Nature Conservancy’s bio-reserves in the Tennessee

River system. Contract Amount $8,000.00. The Nature Conservancy.

2001-2003 R.J. Neves, and J.W. Jones. Recovery of freshwater mussels to the free-

flowing reaches of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area.

Contract Amount $25,000. National Park Service.

(Updated on 26 March 2013)